Guys,
I've been painting chassis/suspension parts for years with no problems. Of course the room for error on those parts is large but I've had good results. I recently decided to try to start doing some of the painting on the body when the situation calls for it. I decided to practice on the rear bumper of my 2010 Mercedes that had gotten rear ended a number of years ago. I removed the bumper and repaired the damage. I've tried twice now to paint it and the finish always comes out poor. I'm using Nason base/clear system. The first time, I used the standard medium reducer. Thinking it was drying too fast, the second time I used their slow reducer but both times there is a lot of fog in the paint. I'm in TX and I'm doing this around my day job etc and I can only do it when I can do it which means the middle of the day. With the lights in my little "paint booth" (plastic tarps) and the 105 degrees outside it is easily 110-115 degrees in the booth when I spray. I'm guessing I'm still drying too fast? I've asked and this Nason system doesn't have a retarder for it. What are my options at this point? Wait until the Fall? What about another system that has a retarder? See the pics below for what it looks like. I was very meticulous about gun set up and it seems to go on OK but just dries looking like this. Thanks for your help.
Mike
MB rear bumper A.jpgMB rear bumper.jpg
I've been painting chassis/suspension parts for years with no problems. Of course the room for error on those parts is large but I've had good results. I recently decided to try to start doing some of the painting on the body when the situation calls for it. I decided to practice on the rear bumper of my 2010 Mercedes that had gotten rear ended a number of years ago. I removed the bumper and repaired the damage. I've tried twice now to paint it and the finish always comes out poor. I'm using Nason base/clear system. The first time, I used the standard medium reducer. Thinking it was drying too fast, the second time I used their slow reducer but both times there is a lot of fog in the paint. I'm in TX and I'm doing this around my day job etc and I can only do it when I can do it which means the middle of the day. With the lights in my little "paint booth" (plastic tarps) and the 105 degrees outside it is easily 110-115 degrees in the booth when I spray. I'm guessing I'm still drying too fast? I've asked and this Nason system doesn't have a retarder for it. What are my options at this point? Wait until the Fall? What about another system that has a retarder? See the pics below for what it looks like. I was very meticulous about gun set up and it seems to go on OK but just dries looking like this. Thanks for your help.
Mike
MB rear bumper A.jpgMB rear bumper.jpg
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